Letβs learn the French vocabulary associated with fear.
How to Say βFearβ in French
Here are French nouns expressing feelings of βfearβ from the slightest fear to the strongest fear:
- LβinquiΓ©tude (f) : worry
- La crainte : fear
- La frayeur : fright
- Lβangoisse : anxiety/fear
- La peur : fear (the most commonly used noun)
- La panique : panic
- Lβeffroi (m) : dread
- La terreur : terror
- LβΓ©pouvante : horror
8 French Fear Verbs
- SβinquiΓ©ter : to worry
- Craindre : to be afraid of (β¦)
- Redouter : to fear
- Avoir peur : to be scared
- Faire peur Γ quelquβun : to scare someone
- Sβangoisser : to get distressed
- Trembler : to tremble
- Frissonner : to shudder
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6 French Nicknames Given to People Who are Easily Afraid
All these names for easily frighten people are a bit derogative of courseβ¦
- Une poule mouillΓ©e : a wimp
- Un trouillard : a chicken
- Un peureux : a fearful person
- Un pΓ©tochard : a coward
- Un dΓ©gonflΓ© : a wimp
- Un froussard : a wuss
11 French Fear Expressions
Letβs see some French expressions to express fear in French.
- Γtre mort de peur : to be scared to death
- Avoir la chair de poule : to have goosebumps
- Claquer des dents : to chatter your teeth
- Avoir la phobie de quelque chose : to have a phobia of something
- Avoir la pΓ©toche : to be scared stiff (colloquial)
- Avoir la trouille : to be in a blue funk (colloquial)
- Avoir la frousse : to be scared stiff (colloquial)
- Γ vous glacer le sang : bloodcurdling
- Trembler comme une feuille : to shake like a leaf
- Avoir une peur bleue de : to be terrified of
- Avoir le trouillomètre à zéro : to be scared shitless (colloquial)
Moiβ¦ jβai la trouille des araignΓ©esβ¦ Et vous ? De quoi avez-vous peur ? Dites-le moi dans les commentaires ci-dessous !
As for me, Iβm scared of spidersβ¦ What about you? What are you scared of? Tell me in the comments below!
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